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ACCELERATOR Air Root Pruning System

The Accelerator® air root pruning system is a natural method to cultivate stronger trees with improved root structures from propagation to final ground planting. Using a patented root enhancement technology, Accelerator® containers produce significantly larger trees in the same time frame as traditional containers, but at a lower cost-per-tree compared to conventional methods.

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The unique design of the Accelerator® container uses vertical corrugations to guide root tips to air pruning slots along the container's sidewall. This design ensures a denser, more uniform root mass and eliminates root circling. Root development is quicker, reducing the need for over-wintering protection. Furthermore, a healthier root structure extends shelf life without causing distress to the plants.

An In-Depth Look at Air Pruning

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Many people think that nutrients are the main factor in a plant's health and bud density. However, these factors won't matter if the plant's roots cannot access or absorb the needed nutrients.

If the roots are too crowded or lack adequate root zones, the result is small, unhealthy, and airy yields.

So, how can you ensure proper root development, even with the right lights and nutrition? By air pruning your plants.

In this article, we’ll explore air pruning: what it is, how it impacts your plants, and how easy it is to implement for abundant root growth. Ensuring well-developed roots with air pruning can help achieve your ideal yield.

What Is Air Pruning?

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Air pruning is a natural process that causes a plant’s root tips to dry and fall off (or “prune” themselves) when exposed to air. When these tips die off, the plant naturally reacts by growing more roots from its main tap root. This, combined with the plant’s ability to stretch and seek nutrition as it grows, helps form a healthy root zone.

You might wonder, “If it happens naturally, how can I control or enhance it?” There are two ways:

1. Using more perlite in your growth medium.

2. Using prune pots to cultivate your plants.

What Do You Need to Air Prune Plants?

Air pruning is a straightforward process. Ensure plenty of air throughout your medium, and you'll need a few essential items to begin.

Fabric Prune Pots

Fabric prune pots have considerable advantages over other types, including direct ground planting. The tiny holes in the fabric provide two significant benefits:

1. These holes allow air around the entire root zone, compared to ground or solid pots that primarily let air in from above. This encourages more of the root zone to prune, resulting in larger root zones and bigger plants.

2. Roots won't circle like in plastic pots or stretch with minimal growth like in the ground. This means higher success rates in developing strong roots by absorbing nutrients throughout the medium.

Some of the best and most cost-effective fabric growing pots are Yield Lab fabric growing pots. These air pots are durable, easy to use, and they allow roots to grow and drain without suffering from root rot or overcrowding.

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Whether using fabric air pots, creating your own, or investing in thick plastic air pots, ensure the product allows your plant's roots to receive air exposure.

Soil or Coco with Plenty of Perlite

In addition to the right pots, the growing medium should also encourage air pruning.

Growing plants with nutrient-rich soil or coco coir makes air pruning simple. Ensure enough perlite in the mix to promote airflow for root growth. For optimal results, mix perlite using these ratios:

• With 10 to 25 percent perlite to soil/coco, you’ll retain many nutrients with adequate air for basic air pruning.

• Using 30 to 50 percent perlite to soil/coco, you’ll retain less water and nutrients, encouraging more pruning due to increased air.

• More than 55 percent perlite to soil/coco leads to significant air exposure for roots, promoting extensive growth (provided you supply enough nutrients).

Hydroponic plants often encourage air pruning naturally. Seedlings or clones placed in mediums like coco coir and perlite, or coco pebbles, are left to grow. Between drip intervals or flood times, roots are exposed to air before receiving water again, directly facilitating air pruning.

How to Air Prune Your Plants

Air pruning your plants involves little more than feeding them properly and ensuring adequate airflow in your growing pots.

That’s it!

However, roots are sensitive and need proper care. Avoid mold contact, over/under feeding, and poor drainage to prevent root rot.

Ensuring the right environment for your plant’s root zone, and caring for plants in fabric pots, increases your harvest size and quality.

Should You Air Prune Your Plants?

Absolutely!

Even though it occurs naturally, air pruning helps plants grow better in prune pots.

In traditional pots, root tips grow to seek nutrients, causing the taproot to become strangled or twisted as it maneuvers around the pot’s sides and bottom. This can lead to root rot and hinder nutrient absorption.

Air pruning in prune pots prevents reliance on a single, tangled taproot. As roots die off, new tips grow and branch off, creating more roots. This cycle continues until roots hit the air, then more roots grow from other roots.

A large, healthy root zone allows plants to absorb the necessary nutrients for strong foliage, flowers, and ultimately fruits and buds.

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